JUST IN: Legendary music maven and founder of Uptown Records and co-founder of REVOLT, Andre Harrell has died, Roma Khanna, the CEO of REVOLT Media and Television confirmed to ABC News in a statement. He was 59.
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Roma Khanna, the CEO of REVOLT Media and Television, confirmed Harrell's death on Saturday afternoon in a statement to ABC News. Born in the New York and raised in the Bronx, Harrell's music career started in the early 1980s as one half of the hip hop group Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As Dr. Jekyll, Harrell and Alonzo Brown who was Mr. Hyde, were signed to Profile Records where they released one album"The Champagne of Rap" in 1985.
Russell Simmons and Andre Harrell attend Heidi Klum's 12th annual Halloween party at Dream Downtown, on Oct. 31, 2011 ,in New York City.Uptown Records signed classic R&B and hip-hop artists like Al B. Sure, the group Guy which included producer Teddy Riley and the late Heavy D & The Boyz. Andre Harrell speaks at the Hope Help & Relief Haiti "A Night Of Humanity" event at Urban Zen, on Fe. 8, 2010, in New York City.Twenty years later, Harrell and Combs teamed up to start REVOLT television, a multi-platform brand that hosts music conferences.
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